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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Sixty-five University of Iowa student-athletes have named Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholars, it was announced Tuesday by the league office.
Among the Iowa honorees, 20 maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the 2018-19 academic term, including:
Allison Blevins (rowing)
Talia Buss (women’s track & field)
Ben Colin (men’s swimming & diving)
Hannah Drkulec (women’s soccer)
Ashley Espinosa (track & field/cross country)
Claire Graves (women’s soccer)
Meghan Hackett (women’s swimming & diving)
Kaleigh Haus (women’s soccer)
Stephanie Herzog (women’s golf)
Logan Jones (rowing)
Carly Millerd (rowing)
Marissa Mueller (women’s track & field)
Rose Piorkowski (women’s gymnastics)
Elizabeth Pritchard (rowing)
Marija Pritchard (rowing)
Sarah Schemmel (women’s swimming & diving)
Andrea Shine (track & field/cross country)
Zoey Slettehaugh (women’s soccer)
Isabella Solaroli (field hockey)
Rachel Valentine (rowing)
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. The recipients must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and have a minimum GPA of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year, excluding summer school.
The Big Ten recognized 1,098 student-athletes in 38 different sports as Distinguished Scholars, including more than 200 who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term.
Men’s Basketball (1)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Michael Baer – So. – Business – Bettendorf, Iowa
Women’s Basketball (2)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Kathleen Doyle – Jr. – Journalism & Mass Communications/Spanish – LaGrange Park, Ill.
Paula Valino Ramos – So. – Biochemistry – Ourense, Spain
Men’s Cross Country (1)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Luke Sampson – Jr. – Public Health – Little Chute, Wis.
Women’s Cross Country (4)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Ashley Espinosa – Sr. – Human Physiology – Lindenhurst, Ill.
Andrea Shine – Sr. – English – Crystal Lake, Ill.
Addie Swanson – So. – Nursing Interest – Bettendorf, Iowa
Lindsay Welker – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Terre Haute, Ind.
Field Hockey (3)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Riley Kniptash – Sr. – Environmental Science – St. Louis, Mo.
Ryley Miller – Jr. – Business Analytics & Information Systems – Edwardsville, Ill.
Isabella Solaroli – Jr. – Biology – Yorktown, Va.
Football (5)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Ryan Schmidt – Sr. – Finance – Marion, Iowa
Caleb Shudak – Jr. – Civil Engineering – Council Bluffs, Iowa
Nate Stanley – Jr. – Human Physiology – Menomonie, Wis.
Nate Vejvoda – Sr. – Mechanical Engineering – Homer Glen, Ill.
Nate Wieting – Jr. – Human Physiology – Rockford, Ill.
Women’s Golf (3)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Kristin Glesne – Sr. – Economics – San Antonio, Texas
Stephanie Herzog – So. – Business – Red Wing, Minn.
Shawn Rennegarbe – Sr. – Biomedical Engineering – Addieville, Ill.
Women’s Gymnastics (7)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Misty-Jade Carlson – Sr. – Journalism & Mass Communications – Portland, Ore.
Nicole Chow – Sr. – Human Physiology – Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Sydney Hogan – Sr. – Journalism & Mass Communications – Waterloo, Iowa
Maddie Kampschroeder – So. – Health & Human Physiology – Overland Park, Kan.
Rose Piorkowski – Sr. – Sociology – Panama City, Fla.
Ashley Smith – So. – Open Major – Jacksonville, Fla.
Charlotte Sullivan – So. – Elementary Education – Christchurch, New Zealand
Rowing (11)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Allison Blevins – Sr. – Speech & Hearing Sciences – Prospect Heights, Ill.
Rachel Canon – Sr. – Speech & Hearing Science – Ames, Iowa
Logan Jones – Sr. – Nursing – West Des Moines, Iowa
Elizabeth Keene – So. – Chemistry – Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Hunter Koenigsfeld – Jr. – Nursing – Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Carly Millerd – Sr. – International Relations – Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Elizabeth Pritchard – Sr. – Human Physiology – Ankeny, Iowa
Marija Pritchard – Sr. – Biology – Ankeny, Iowa
Claire Rutherford – Jr. – Management – Iowa City, Iowa
Rachel Valentine – Sr. – Communications Studies – Centerville, Iowa
Tessa Walsh – Sr. – Computer Science – Naperville, Ill.
Women’s Soccer (8)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Isabella Blackman – Jr. – Management – Bettendorf, Iowa
Sydney Blitchok – Jr. – Journalism & Mass Communications – Grandville, Mich.
Hannah Drkulec – Jr. – Biomedical Engineering – Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Claire Graves – Jr. – Human Physiology – Noblesville, Ind.
Kaleigh Haus – Sr. – Biomedical Engineering – Des Moines, Iowa
Morgan Kemerling – Sr. – Human Physiology – Aurora, Ill.
Rose Ripslinger – Sr. – Communications Studies – Davenport, Iowa
Zoey Slettehaugh – Jr. – Biomedical Engineering – Lenexa, Kan.
Softball (2)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Aralee Bogar – So. – Speech & Hearing Sciences – Trophy Club, Texas
Ashley Hamilton – So. – Criminology, Law & Justice – Robins, Iowa
Men’s Swimming & Diving (5)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Ben Colin – Sr. – Journalism & Mass Communications/Sports Studies – Dubuque, Iowa
Sam Dumford – Jr. – Environmental Engineering – Downers Grove, Ill.
Steve Fiolic – Jr. – Computer Science & Engineering – Urbandale, Iowa
Kenneth Mende – Sr. – Finance – Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Jonatan Posligua – So. – Astronomy – Guayaquil, Ecuador
Women’s Swimming & Diving (6)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Kelsey Drake – So. – Industrial Engineering – Marion, Iowa
Meghan Hackett – Jr. – Industrial Engineering – Cedar Falls, Iowa
Amy Lenderink – Jr. – Psychology – Parker, Colo.
Sage Ohlensehlen – So. – English & Creative Writing – Bettendorf, Iowa
Sarah Schemmel – So. – Speech & Hearing Sciences – Durant, Iowa
Jacintha Thomas – Sr. – Human Physiology – Iowa City, Iowa
Men’s Tennis (1)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Jason Kerst – Sr. – Management – Ann Arbor, Mich.
Women’s Tennis (1)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell – Jr. – Sport & Recreation Management – Seaford, East Sussex, England
Women’s Track & Field (4)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Talia Buss – Jr. – Elementary Education – Waukee, Iowa
Carly Donahue – Jr. – Biomedical Engineering – Pleasant Valley, Iowa
Jenny Kimbro – Jr. – Art – Catlin, Ill.
Marissa Mueller – So. – Biomedical Engineering – Ontario, Canada
Wrestling (1)
Name – Year – Major – Hometown
Aaron Meyer – Sr. – Health & Human Physiology – Pleasant Hill, Iowa
